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(Solved) What is this definitely not capybara? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Fosheze@lemmy.world to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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A friend of mine just sent me this picture and said someone they knew just got a capybara. I informed them that that definitely isn't a capybara. Now neither of us know what it is. It kinda looks like it's in the uncanny valley of the rabbit species. Is it just a fucked up looking rabbit?

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[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here's a Mara and baby Mara in Argentina

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

That's a Mara. They're the cutest things! And the little babies are even cuter!

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Patagonian Mara

[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yep. That looks like it. Also called a Cavy Mara so it just looks like a bad game of telephone happened with the name.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And the thing itself looks like a game of telephone between a rabbit and a deer. Cute though. I wonder what they're like as pets. Wikipedia says "near threatened."